Hroth

@kevinlms

"Walked away seriously"? 🤔

Is that the sort of walk where the heels strike the floor very loudly?

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2 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said:

Mr G's creative writing??

1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

 

He really should be in the running for a Goldsmith's Prize for fiction writing.

47 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

Gothic horror!?

Perhaps his nom-de-plume for this item should have been "The Little Antique Toy Shop of Horrors"... 🤔 🤪

2 hours ago, rab said:

Ar you referring to the item or the seller????

Welllll..... 🤪

21 minutes ago, jjb1970 said:

I remember being told by a third engineer that a diesel generator 'was *****ed, would you like me to be more specific?', yeah that might be helpful.......

Specific? 🤔

I suppose one answer might have been "its TOTALLY ****ed"...

Beer used to be more like flavoured water, of little alcoholic content, especially "Small Beer" which would be drunk as we would drink bottled water nowadays.  In towns, it would be preferable to the polluted water supplies and easier to obtain than boiling water to drink.

It would be good to reverse the trend towards stronger and stronger beers and revert to the small ales of our forefathers.  I don't count non-alcoholic concoctions as real beer, they're more like ultra processed foods...

ION

Just finished taking the vacuum cleaner for a walk upstairs and downstairs.  Put the hiss and spit coffee machine on for some real coffee and time for a rest with a muggacoffee and a book... 🙂

55 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

That would be very underhand. Taking advantage while the poor squadron leader is still  not back up to fighting strength. I like it. Perhaps I should employ such tactics in my campaign to obtain a shed. Have I mentioned I don't have a shed. I do have a full set of finger nails though. Unlike some.

Would you like to be directed towards a suitable shed supplier? 🤔

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53 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

One of the most widely used aeronautical terms I remember from my career was, “Ohhhh sh!!!!tt.” Is that from the French?

 

Dave

Every landing you walk away from is a successful "Ohhhh sh!!!!tt"....

Dry this morning, but grey and unseasonably cool.  Its almost MAY, where's the warm?  Although next thing it'll be "Phew! What a scorcher!", with hosepipe bans and we'll be longing for some cool weather.  Unless, that is, it turns into "The Year Without A Summer"...

22 hours ago, 03060 said:

How did I not know about this thread ?

 

Introducing Archie (right) and his daughter Freya .... both had thought that rolling in fox poo had made themselves more photogenic ... until they got home !!

 

 

 

From his expression, I think Archie knows what is coming...

Ghost Riders In The Sky - Johnny Cash

I've a decent "audio" system, currently composed of an AT turntable*, a Denon amp and column speakers**.  There's also a DAB+/FM tuner, a CD player and a cassette deck.

If you sit in the centre of the sofa, you are in the stereo image sweet spot...

I daren't turn the volume up too much, though I should try to see how much 18th century organ music next door can tolerate!

*  Still got my Ortofon FF15E cartridge from the late 70s, still going strong, on its umpteenth "needle".

** Can't remember what they are.

A bit bent!

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2 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

WARNING - AI ALERT INBOUND.....😱

 

 

Sorry.....but it had to be done......

 

Looks like Bear trying to escape a horde of Zombie Airheads...

I remember a Watneys tv ad showing "terrorists" ineffectually trying to blow up a tanker of Red Barrel...  I never drank the stuff!

On 12/03/2024 at 07:38, neal said:

Ellis Clark have the Crewe/Doncaster works l/crest tank-numbered version in stock new at £125.00

 

This is the one with the very minor livery defect on one tank - really a tiny fix, and a bargain nonetheless.

 

Neal

 

Rails of Sheffield currently have a supply of them at £125, along with another in a private owner livery and a Terrier, also at 125 quid.

Jinty and Terrier offers

33 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Nah.  The Welsh are proud of making a profit out of the English!

Its always been the way.  You should see the cluster of speed cameras on the A494 after crossing the border...

12 minutes ago, polybear said:

I now have my very own, nice new shiny jacket complete with sign-written (ok, embroidered) Charity Logo on it

Soooooooooooooo.....   You won't be able to put it on ebay......  🤪

3 minutes ago, luckymucklebackit said:

Found this painting in the local charity shop, I think it may be a Constable!

 

On 25/04/2024 at 19:40, Tim Dubya said:

Obviously the root of our proud multi-cultural heritage!

They're creeping over the border, there were some Welsh trains parked up at Birkenhead North depot the other day!

Love Me Do - The Beatles

37 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

I would have thought that keeping socks and cheese in the same fridge compartment would allow cross fertilization of aromas.

Possibly resulting in spontaneous combustion!

There's nothing worse than finding a pound of Double Gloucester running out of the bottom when you open the door....

16 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

When Jill was a girl her brother would sometimes put a well-worn sock in her pillow case 😖

 

Dave

Her brother must have been friends with Terry Scotts brother....

7 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Welcome to The List.....

I'm on so many "Lists" that I've forgotten which list that is...

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13 minutes ago, polybear said:

 (Bear hasn't got a Garage - have I mentioned that?)

Not that frequently, though you do mention your shed, which seems to annoy some people...

(I've a Garage and a Shed...)

Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Doris Day